The Kyma Language for Sound Design, Version 4.5

If you hear clipping in the resynthesis, you can use the level field to reduce the amplitude of the analysis.
If the fundamental frequency envelope of the sample being analyzed is difficult to follow, you can choose
to trace different harmonic. Enter the harmonic number into the Traced Harmonic field, and adjust the
white curve to track that harmonic.
When you have finished tracing the fundamental frequency curve, click Next.
At this point, you have provided all of the parameters needed to create a quasi-harmonic file. Click the
Create Quasi-Harmonic Spectrum File button to do this. Kyma will prompt you for the name of the file,
perform the analysis, and open an untitled Sound file window with a SumOfSines Sound set up to play
the analysis just created.
The other buttons on this page allow you to repeat any of the steps along the way to creating the analysis.
New sample takes you to the first page, where you can specify a new sample to analyze. Adjust range &
response takes you to the second page, where you can adjust the lowest analysis frequency parameter
and the tradeoff between frequency and timing resolution. Adjust pitched/unpitched takes you to the
fourth page, where you made an adjustment to leave only unpitched material audible. Adjust fundamental
takes you to the penultimate page, where you traced the fundamental frequency envelope.
Tools menu: Synchronizing Spectra
It is important to tightly synchronize the spectra used in performing certain kinds of morphs. For example,
morphing between the voices of two people speaking the same text has the fewest artifacts when the
voices are very well synchronized in time.
The Synchronizing Spectra Tool provides a way to specify how two spectra should align in time. In this
tool, you enter color coded markers at corresponding time points in two different spectra. The Tool can
then produce an example of either a mix or a morph of the two spectra in which the corresponding points
line up in time.
To open the Synchronizing Spectra Tool, choose Synchronizing Spectra from the Tools menu.
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